ἀγαπάω

agapaō

Greek G0025 Verb 143 occurrences in 110 verses

ἀγαπάω to love

ἀγαπάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for אהב ;]

to love, to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing.

1. Of human affection, to men: τ. πλησίον, Mat.5:43; τ. ἐχθρούς, ib. 44; to Christ, Jhn.8:42; to God, Mat.22:37; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.11:43, Jhn.12:43, Eph.5:25, II Tim 4:8, 10, Heb.1:9, 1Pe.2:17, 3:10, 2Pe.2:15, 1Jn.2:15, Rev.12:11.

2. Of divine love;

(a) God's love: to men, Rom.8:37; to Christ, Jhn.3:35;

(b) Christ's love: to men, Mrk.10:21; to God, Jhn.14:31; with cogn. accusative, Jhn.17:26, Eph.2:4.

SYN.: φιλέω. From its supposed etymology (Thayer, LS; but see also Boisacq) ἀ. is commonly understood properly to denote love based on esteem (diligo), as distinct from that expressed by φιλέω (amo), spontaneous natural affection, emotional and unreasoning. If this distinction holds, ἀ. is fitly used in NT of Christian love to God and man, the spiritual affection which follows the direction of the will, and which, therefore, unlike that feeling which is instinctive and unreasoned, can be commanded as a duty. (Cf. ἀγάπη, and v. Tr., Syn. §xii; Cremer, 9, 592; and esp. MM, VGT, see word) (AS)

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Concordance 110 verses

Romans 9:25 ἠγαπημένηνἠγαπημένην

As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Romans 13:8 ἀγαπᾶνἀγαπῶν

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9 Ἀγαπήσεις

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 ἀγαπῶσιν

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 8:3 ἀγαπᾷ

But the one who loves God is known by God.
2 Corinthians 9:7 ἀγαπᾷ

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 11:11 ἀγαπῶ

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
2 Corinthians 12:15 ἀγαπῶνἀγαπῶμαι

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
Galatians 2:20 ἀγαπήσαντός

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 5:14 Ἀγαπήσεις

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Ephesians 1:6 Ἠγαπημένῳ

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Ephesians 2:4 ἠγάπησεν

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
Ephesians 5:2 ἠγάπησεν

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Ephesians 5:25 ἀγαπᾶτεἠγάπησεν

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:28 ἀγαπᾶνἀγαπῶνἀγαπᾷ

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:33 ἀγαπάτω

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 6:24 ἀγαπώντων

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
Colossians 3:12 ἠγαπημένοι

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:19 ἀγαπᾶτε

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 ἠγαπημένοι

Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9 ἀγαπᾶν

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 ἠγαπημένοι

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 ἀγαπήσας

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
2 Timothy 4:8 ἠγαπηκόσι

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
2 Timothy 4:10 ἀγαπήσας

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Hebrews 1:9 ἠγάπησας

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Hebrews 12:6 ἀγαπᾷ

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
James 1:12 ἀγαπῶσιν

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
James 2:5 ἀγαπῶσιν

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
James 2:8 Ἀγαπήσεις

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
1 Peter 1:8 ἀγαπᾶτε

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
1 Peter 1:22 ἀγαπήσατε

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1 Peter 2:17 ἀγαπᾶτε

Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 3:10 ἀγαπᾶν

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
2 Peter 2:15 ἠγάπησεν

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
1 John 2:10 ἀγαπῶν

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
1 John 2:15 ἀγαπᾶτεἀγαπᾷ

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 3:10 ἀγαπῶν

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
1 John 3:11 ἀγαπῶμεν

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 John 3:14 ἀγαπῶμενἀγαπῶν

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
1 John 3:18 ἀγαπῶμεν

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
1 John 3:23 ἀγαπῶμεν

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
1 John 4:7 ἀγαπῶμενἀγαπῶν

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:8 ἀγαπῶν

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:10 ἠγαπήκαμενἠγάπησεν

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:11 ἠγάπησενἀγαπᾶν

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:12 ἀγαπῶμεν

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:19 ἀγαπῶμενἠγάπησεν

We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:20 Ἀγαπῶἀγαπῶνἀγαπᾶν

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:21 ἀγαπῶνἀγαπᾷ

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.